Turkey: Ancient Wine Land at a Crossroads

Joel Butler MW 1.27 5.22.2023

I met Seyit Karagozoglu, (Kara-go-zo-lu) owner of Turkey’s up and coming Paşaeli Winery, in 2010 at one of the first international judgings of Turkish wines in Istanbul. I was one of the judges. During the next two years while writing our book Divine Vintage…I spent a lot of time and drove a lot of kilometers in Turkey visiting vineyards and producers t…